The Year That Music Died
 

No disrespect meant to Richie Valens, Buddy Holly, or The Big Bopper, but damn... the musical talent lost this year is astounding... and we still have 6 days to go in this rotten year :\

Prince
David Bowie
Glenn Frey
Pete Fountain
Greg Lake
Keith Emerson
Maurice White
Sharon Jones
Leonard Cohen
Buckwheat Zydeco
Juan Gabriel
Merle Haggard
Sonny James
George Michael

They were not only singers/musicians, they were icons of the music industry.

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R.I.P to all.

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The Bowie loss still hurts the most. He went out on top with an incredible album made while battling cancer. Took his greatness to another level.

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Well the greatest era of Rock and R&B was the 60's and early 70's.

Those artists are now in their golden years so I think every year for the next decade or two will be quite similar.

I think rock and roll is dying and a new style of music will emerge. I just have no idea what it'll be.

It probably hasn't even been born yet.

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I never realized how much Bowie music I liked.

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Bowie was magic.